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Noun Named Entity
Categories: Death gods, Dharmapalas, Articles containing simplified Chinese-language text, Twenty-Four Protective Deities, Chinese gods
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Yama
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In East Asian and Buddhist mythology, Yama or King Yan-lo/Yan-lo Wang, also known as King Yan/Yan Wang, Grandfatherly King Yan, Lord Yan, and Yan-lo, Son of Heaven, is the King of Hell and a dharmapala said to judge the dead and preside over the Narakas and the cycle of afterlife saṃsāra. Wikipedia
English:
Chinese mythology
Buddhism and Chinese mythology
Buddhism
East Asia
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In East Asian and Buddhist mythology, Yama or King Yan-lo/Yan-lo Wang, also known as King Yan/Yan Wang, Grandfatherly King Yan, Lord Yan, and Yan-lo, Son of Heaven, is the King of Hell and a dharmapala said to judge the dead and preside over the Narakas and the cycle of afterlife saṃsāra. Wikipedia
a Buddhist dharmapala (wrathful god) said to judge the dead, preside over the Narakas (Hells) and the cycle of afterlife saṃsāra Wikidata
IS A
deva
DOMAIN OF SAINT OR DEITY
samsara
Naraka
SEX OR GENDER
male
Wikipedia
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Yama (Buddhism)
Wikidata
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Yama (Buddhism)
Wikipedia Redirections
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Emma-Dai-O, Emma-dai-o, Emma-O, Emma-o, Emma-ten, Emma (god), Emma Dai O, Emma Hoo, Enma, Enma-dai-o, Enma-daio, Enma-o, Enma-O, Enma Daiou, King Enma, King Yenlo, Lord Yen, Old Yen Wang, Yama (Buddhism and Chinese mythology), Yama in Buddhist and Chinese mythology, Yan-lo, Yan Lou, Yan Luo (Chinese mythology), Yan Luo Wang, Yanluo, Yanluowang, Yeng Wang Ye, Yeng Wang Yeh, Yenlo, Yán Wáng
Wikidata Alias
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Enma, Gśin-rje (Buddhist deity), Yama (Buddhist deity)

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